Shawn Yeager

I’ve built my career around technology that increases human freedom. Over 30 years, that work has created more than $300M in revenue. Most recently, I led sales and partnerships at Amboss Technologies, NYDIG Payments, and Bottlepay.

Today I help Bitcoin and freedom tech startups compete and win commercially. Surveillance Economy platforms dominate distribution and user experience. Freedom tech will win by being better at both.

Featured Essay

Sovereignty without sacrifice

You can have easy payments or private payments. Good UX or self-custody. Censorship resistance or features people actually use. That’s been the conventional wisdom for years.

But it’s a false choice. The protocols are built. Bitcoin works. Lightning works. Nostr works. The hardest technical problems are solved. What remains is a different kind of challenge: making these products available and accessible to people who don’t care about self-sovereignty—yet.

Trust Revolution Podcast

Trust Revolution podcast

Rethinking trust for a decentralized future

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